Revision of the life history of the High Arctic moth Gynaephora groenlandica (Wocke) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1371-1381

  Morewood, W Dean ^a   Ring, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NOTHWEST TERRITORIES;

GYNAEPHORA; GYNAEPHORA GROENLANDICA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIIDAE;

EID: 0032450669     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-085     Document Type: Article

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